Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Street Fair Preppin

With just under a week to go - here's some booth prep I've completed...it's been a LOT of work, but I couldn't be more excited!!

Before/After of our old changing table to use for extra shelving at the fair:

I found this mini faux-bird/water fountain at Michael's for 60% off - score! I thought it'd be perfect to display my biz cards, especially since it has some height to it, compared to most biz card holders:

Bird Cage Display Rack I found at Kohls.com...love this rustic look...came with the clothes pins too!

I had searched all over Pinterest for ideas on a 'directional sign' - I was thisclose to buying one for $30 + shipping... until I realized that I could probably throw something together myself. So I journeyed to Home Depot & picked up two 2x8 pieces of wood. Of course their saw wasn't working that day {*sigh*}... but at least that meant I got a discount, hehehe! While checking out, I sent out an 'SOS' on Facebook, asking if anyone had a saw I could use... exactly .5 seconds later I found my helper - a good friend of ours who lived down the street & offered to come by & help - yay!

He ended up pretty much cutting & putting the whole thing together - which left me with the 'tough' chore of paint...yippee! It took about 1 hour start to finish (including 2 coats of paint) and cost less than $15!

Oatmeal Container Headband Holders - now I've done something like this before, about 2 years ago... but loved this look wayyy more than my past attempt. I made two of these 'headband holders', covered in burlap, glued to a wide-rimmed shallow vase from the Dollar Tree, and glued little 'sola flowers' on the top - so cheap & easy to make!

My vinyl sign from Vista Print:

My bags with labels & "thank you for your purchase" card - made by moi:

My pocket apron:

And finally, a simple preview of our setup when I did my trail-run the other day:

Side note - cute thing Kapri said to me during all this work and prep, taking over our house:

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This corner of the web is the “Mejia Mamma” family blog, where I document our busy little life of 3! With all the chaos in the simple day-to-day, I write & post photos to keep our wonderful friends & loving family in the loop. Blogging has become very dear to my heart, since I first started in August 2008. I thought of this as an especially useful outlet during my wonderful pregnancy with our 1st/only child. Now it has evolved into a great place for me to let my thoughts flow, document our daily adventures and let my creative side shine. Check back for our life updates, my ups & downs as a 1st time mommy, some fun crafting as time allows and watch as our little girl grows up from the beginning!